The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 19, 1896, Page 3

a | / ) TIIE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1896. 3 JLL HONOR THE * PRESIDENT-LECT Major McKinley Receives a Great Ovation at Evanston. College Boys Compel the Visitor to Appear on the Porch, but He Dees Not Speak. Neighbors of the Dawes Unite in Entertaining the Distingu'shed tatesman. CHICAGO, Irt., Dec. 18.—Major Mec- Kinley was the central figure in a front porch episode to-night. The familiar scene was changed from his own front porch to that of the residence of Charles G. Dawes, in the classic suburbs of Evan- ston. The President-elect was drawn out into the chilly air by the combined lung- vower of half a thousand enthusiastic students of the Northwestern University. The distinguished visitor’s presence in their midst was well known to all Evan- stonians, and the coliege boys quickly or- sanized in parade order. They marched in an orderly, quiet body to the Dawes house, surrounded it and lustily cheered +pior the next President of their country. Y Major McKinley, accompanied by Mr. Dawes, satisfied their clamor by appear- ing in his campaign role, but this time he declined to make a speech. He merely bowed his appreciation of the compliment and returned to his cozy quarters. Major McKintey had an excellent night’s rest and said this morning that he dlready felt some benefit from the change and rest. Mr. and Mrs. McKinlev went for an early morning drive in the bracing «r. The rest of the day was spent indoors at the MacWilliams residence until it was time todarive to the Northwestern Depot | to take the 3 o’clock regular train for Evanston. The Major was accompanied -by Mr. Dawes and Captain H. 0. Heis- land, United States army, who was alsoa guest at Mr. Dawes’ home to-night. They arrived at 3:30 and soon after the three men, accompanied by Mr. Dawes, went for a drive through the town. ing, in an informal, social manner, numer- neighbors and friinds of the Dawes family called to pay their respects to their chief guest and help to make the evening pass pleasantly. General William R. Day of Canton will i arrive in Evanston to-morrow morning | and have a conference with Major Mec- | \ley at Mr. Dawes’ house. | McKinley is in better health than | she has been for two months, and it is | in the year to do some shopping. Major McKinley will accompany her, ana if they go it is suggested that they spend a fortnight at Atlantic City. The major | now talks of returning to Canton Monday | His chief poiitical caller to-day was Governor Upham of Wisconsin, who | urged the appoiniment of Henry C. Payne to the Cabinet. e i MUST BITTER ON RECORD, There Will Be a Great Struggle for Pal- mer’s Seat in the Senate. SPRINGFIELD, Irn., Dec. 18.—With -the near approach of the convening of the Legislature it becomes apparent that the contest jora Senator to succeed General John M. Palmer will be one of the most bitter on record in this country. The fact is due not so much to political divisions, for the Republicans have an overwhelming majority on joint ballot, but rather to the gnnounced determination of the ““Chicago machine” to force into the shoes once :worn by Lyman Trumbull, Stephen A. Douglass, John A. Logan aud others dis- tinguished in National history an un- savory Cnicago ward politician, Martin :-Madden by name. The latter’s only claim :“to aistinction and preferment is the fact “..hat for years he has represented in the City Council the Fourth Ward ot the city, whick includes in its area a portion of the notorious levee and a big slice of the icolored slums of the city, and to the fur- “ther fact tnat as a municipal legislator he bas been hand and glove with the boodle ¢lement and has worked and voted for :z.meo&t of the measures that liave given the :public streets to gas and street railroad corporations without compensation to the eity. - Already non-partisan meetings to de- nounge his canaidacy—a course hitherto “ ‘umprecedented in Senatorial campaigns— “haye been held, one of them in hisown ward and within 8 block of his own resi- dence, and every daily paper in the city ‘save one, and in which he has a financial “interest, has come out boldly against his election. Even the staid Chicazo Tribune, -which believes in party discipline above 411 things, has come from cover and issued anote of warning to the machine. Mad- den’s strongest competitor in his own party is ex-Congressman Willlam E. Mason. The Democrats have not yet selected a recipient for t‘heir compli- mentary vote. —-—— THE & ULAR KATES, “Washington Hotels Will Not Overcharge During the Inaugural, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18.—Reports having been circulated in Philadelphia and other cities to the effect that Washington hotels had entered into a combination to tharge exorbitant rates during the inaug- ration week, Chairman Bell of the inaugu- ration committee authorizes an explicit denial of the report. Chairman Beli said: “] have caused a dailigenc inquiry to be madde’ of the different hotels, and I find the story to be absolutely untrue. So far as I can find no hotel proposes to charge more than the usual rates at such times.” Al indications point to the largest crowd ever seen in Washington at any in- auguration and preparations are well un- der way for the entertainment and care of the visitors upon tnat occasion, and with the well-known ability of Washington to properly handle large crowds no fears need be entertained of extortion or lack o accommodations for all who may come. A ————— DEYAN DEFINES DEMHOCRACE. The Chicago Platform Good Enough for the Nebraskan. RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 18.—The State of this evening prints a letter from Hon. Messrs. W. J. Bryan, R. P. Bland, W.J. Stone, George Fred Williams and John T. Morgan in reply to a query sent out from that paper as to what, in the view of those ventlemen, coastituted Democracy. Mr. Bryan’s letter read ONLY LiscoLN. Nebr., Dec. 10, 1896. To the Editor of the State : 1 have not time to nswer your questions at length. Ina broad ense a democracy is a government which the veople run, and & Democrat is one who be- lieves in such a government. In a party sense, Democracy 1s defined by the Chicago platform, and the person who supports the party and its piatform can call himself a Democrat. The platiorm is entirely satisfactory to me. Inmy Judgment l&nppu&d Democratic principles to present conditions If a minority hasarignt This even- | | pulsed him. to give a party definition_of Democracy, then there may be es many different definitions of Democracy as there are persons who desire to Wear the name. Yours try 1AM J. BRYAN. COULD NOT SECURE A LIVORCE. So Mrs. August Bierman Shoots Her Husband to Death and Tries to Kill Herseif. LAWRENCE, Kass, Dec. 18.—Leake View, the popular pleasure resort of Lawrence and Topeka sportsmen, was the scene of a tragedy last night. August Bierman was shot through the heart by the young wife, who then sent a bullet through her own breast, just.missing the heart. Bierman was standing in front of his house on the north side of the lake watching a passing Santa Fe train, When his wife slipped up behind him and dis- charged a revolver. Her husband died instantly., The wife may recover. Mrs. Bierman said: ‘i Lave shot my husband. Iam a murderess, but my only regret 1s that I did not kill myself. I tried to get a divorce and he would not let me. We could not agree, and I killed him.” Bierman was & prosperous farmer, well thought of by his neighbors. It was not known that there was domestic troubles. it BRUTAL MURDER AND SUICIDE. Henry Kemmeling Kiils the Handsome Wife of His Half-Brother and Com- mits Suicide. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 18. — A brutal double tragedy occurred at 2313 Maiden lane. in the north end of the city, this evening. Anton Benning, a bricklayer, and his handsome young wife lived at the above number. With them boaraed Henry Kemmeling, a balf-brother of Benning. Kemmeling had been too attentive to his sister-in-iaw, and she told her husband of it. When Benning returned home at 6 o’clock this evening he stumbled over the body of his wife in the kitchen. His cries | aroused the neighbors. The woman was dead, with a bullet hole in her brain and surroundings indicated that a desperate struggle had taken place. In one of the upper rooms of the house the corpse of Kemmeling was found on the lounge, with a bullet hole through his head. His left hand grasped a pisto! with two empty chambers. The two had been dead about two hours. xS get g 2 ROUNDING UP J4CKRABBITS. Tnousands Slain During the Onslaught at Lamar, Colo, WICHITA, Kaxs., Dec. 18.—The annuai { jackrabbit round-up at Lamar, Colo., is | now in progress and many Kansas sports- men are participating in the hunt. The | rabbits have multiplied in that section to 20 great an extent that such mode of ex- | termination becomes necessary. Paul | Morton, third vice-President of the Santa | Fe, with a large party of Santa Fe officials, | came in to-night from that place where they spent the Letter part of yesterday in the chase. If their accounts may be re- lied upon 15,000 jacks were slain in the round-up. The members ars elated with their success, most of them having killed as high as a hundred 1n five hours. The reports of the guns were of such volume as to suggest a real battle. S Ty AR Exccution of a Negro Murderer. UPPER MARLBOROUGH, Mp., Dec. 18.—Jawmes Smith, a short, thick-set mulat- to, was hanged here this morning for the murder of Miss Margaret Drown, a white girl with whom he claimed to be in love. He cut the girl’s throat because she re- After committing the mur- der, on July 28, Smith went to Washing- ton, where he was captured the following day. A mob tried to lynch him here and he was hurried off to the Baltimore jail, Last night Sheriff Underwood and his deputies secretly brought the murderer back here after he had been baptized by a Baptist clergyman in the Baltimore prison. s S, Fivhing Boats Blown Ashore, CHATHAM, Ma Dec. 18.—The gale of Wednesday was the most disastrous in its results for twenty years. Nearly all of a fleet of 150 fishing boats were driven on shore or sunk at their moorings. Trees and fences were leveled and Chatham Beach was given a terrible washing, which ¢reatly handicapped the life-saving patrol. Wires are down in all sections and trains are a day behind time. S Under a Financial Cloud. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 18. — Frank C. Miles, the treasurer of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, is under a financial cloud, and according to develop- ments to-day a deficit variously estimated at from $60,000 to $100,000 was discovered in the funds of the company. The cor- poration is one of the strongest of its kind in the State. LI N Purchase of Iron Mines. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 18.—It was re- ported in financial circles to-day that the purchase of the Monntain and Rathbun iron mines in the Mesaba range, Minne- sota, by the Carnegie Steel Company from John D. Rockefeller has taken place. The amount involved is unknown. LTy Kilied in a Du-l NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 18.—A special cable dispaich to the Herald from Tunis says: Captain Servotte, the naval attache here, was kilied here to-day in a duel with swords by Maitre Maille, Juge de Paix. — Xmas Hats. For men and boys at a saving to the pur- chaser of 25 per cent from prices elsewhere. Our lines of Fedora, Trilby and stiff hats can- Dot be beat. The OldIX L, L. V. Merle pro- prietor, corner Kearny and Commercial streets and corner Sixth and Mission streets. ” her throat and face terribly gashed. The | MADE T0 WED ONE SHE HATED Miss Jose’s Disappearance From a Fresno Ranch Explained. Was Abducted by a Suiter and Forced to Become His Bride. Escaped From Her Husband and Now Brings Suit to Annul the Marriage. FRESNO, CaL., Dec. 18.—Henrietta Jose did not elope with Josepb Nestor from the home of her brother-in-law, George Car- lisle, near Jameson in the western portion of the county last Saturday night, as was supposed. She arrived in Fresno to-day with Carlisle and her father, and stated that Nestor bad kidnaped her. He forced her to accompany him to Hanford, where they were married against her will. As soon as an opportunity presented itself she left him and returned to her relatives. She came to Fresno to-day to place the case in the hands of the District Attorney to prosecute Nestor, and also to bring an | action to have the marriage annulled. | The suit was filed with the County Clerk | this afternoon. Mrs. Nestor was interviewed by a CALL correspondent this evening. She said that Nestor, who was working on the Carlisle ranch, bad been paying her attentions, | but on all occasions she had rejected them. She was already betrothed to Ed- | ward Weir, who lives at Berenda, Mrs. Nestor is 19 years of age and pretty, and she told her story frankly. | “Last week,” she said, “I flatly told Nestor that his suit was hopeless and that 1 would not become his bride. He did not | receive my reply with very good grace and I feared he meditated harm, consequently T determined to see him Saturday evening and reason with him. I was at the time the guest of my sister, Mrs. George Car- lisle, anrd gave him permission to call upon me at her home. “I met him Saturday evening outside the house. Until long after midnight he | pleaded with me to marry him, but I | steadfastly refused. He would not let me | leave him and go into the house, nor | would he depart. Finally, seeing I was | not to be coaxed into an engagement, he | told me that if I did not immediately ac- | cept him he would do his utmost to | blacken my character. | *“*I'll slander you before 10 o’clock to- | morrow,” were the words he used. “Although he could not truthfully accuse me of any wrong I feared he might tella lot of stories that would grieve my relatives and friends and I became badly frightened. Finally he seized me and | dragzed me toward his buggy, which was | standing near us. I resisted, but he said if I refused to come or if I made any out- | ery he would de his worst. Then he dragged me to the buggy, forced me to get in and drove off. ‘“‘He first took me to the home of George Milier and then to Hanford, where we were married on Tuesday. Before we | were married I told him I would not | under any circumstances become his bride, but he said only one course was left open to me. Iknew no onein Hanford and had no means of informing my parents of my plight. He continued to threaten me, saying I shonld never marry Fred Weir of Berenda, to whom I wasengaged. Finally we were married and then he drove back to the Miller home. When my mother heard I was there she came after me and I returned with her to my own home. *I never would have married Nestor if T had not been frightened into it and I will not live with him as his wife."’ EXCURSIONS FROM PHENIX, Delegates to the Irrigation Congress Visit Surrounding Points of Interest. PH@ENIX, Arrz., Dec. 18.—Although the irrigation congress closed last even- ing, but few delegates or visitors hava left the city. The weather was faultiess to- day. Two hundred of the delegates and their friends drove in carriages to an orange grovo; others went to the ostrich farm and other points of interest in the vallay. All met at 3 o’clock at the Indian school, four miles from Pneenix, to wit- ness a dress parade, in which 350 young Indians participated. The drill was mili- tary in character, there being present at the review besides the delegates and visi- tors the Governor and staff and hundreds of citizens. To-morrow an excursion will be made by train to Tempe and Mesa to visit fruit farms. On Sunday there will be excur- sions to Alhambra and Peoria. The Cali- fornia delegation will leave for the coast to-morrow. The Eastern and other dele- gates will remain until Monday, hasten- ing their departure then owing to the close approach of the holidays. Pheenix has done its best to entertain, LONG GREEN-—-“Pardon me, sir, but that last lie about ‘The Call” has tangled me up so that I shall have to be laid off a while in order to undo myself,” and the efforts of its citizens are appar- ently highly appreciated by the visitors. —_————— STANFORD UNIVERSITY NEWS. Faculty Members Will Address the Teach- ers’ Convention at San Jose. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Car., Dec. 18.—A number of Sianford professors will address the California Teachers’ Associa- tion at its thirtieth annual session. ‘Ihe institute is to be held at San Jose, Decem- ber 28, 29, 30 and 31, in the Normal School building. Professor A. B. Clark of the drawing department will deliver an ad- dress on Tuesday morning, “Methoa in Perspective” will be his subject. It has a special bearing upon art in the primary and secondary schools. On the same day F. Angell, professor of psychology, sveaks on *Limitations and Cautions in Child- Study.” During the discussion of school hygiene Dr. F. D. Wood will report on “Recent Progress in School Hygiene.” Professor O. P. Jenkins will discuss “The New California Movement in Elementary Education.” Wednesday morning Pro- tessor Ewald Flugel is to speak on '‘What We Can Learn From Germany in Teach- ing the Native Language and Literatare.” Among a namber of others who will de- liver addresses on ‘‘Tne Classics 1n the High School’’ is Professor A. T. Murray. His topic for discussion treats of the “Teaching of Elementary Greek.” President David S. Jordan of Stanford and Professor Julius Goebel will discuss German in the schools. The subject of the former is, “‘Germun in Secondary FEducation”; that of the Iatteris, “The Educationai Value of German.” Professors O. P. Jenkins, Fernando San- ford and Kellogg will take part in an in- formal discussion, ‘Science in the Schools.” News wasreceived from Dr. Jordan to the effect that he left Washington to-day. He has decided to return by way of New Orleans, stopping there one day. By so doing he wiil reach the university on De- cember 24, His preliminary report of his investization of the seals about Alaska is already in print. ! The executive committee of the Inter- society Debating League met to hear the reports of two sub-committees, The first was appointed to see if some arrange- ments might not be effected by which in- tercollegiate debaters could get university credit for their work. The committee found that in both the history and economic departments there was one course in which credit was allowed for in- vestigation. By registering for these courses, according to the subject for de- bate, the nniversity credit can be ob- tained. The decision is hailed with much joy by all those interested in the welfare of debating in general. Heretofore no special attention has been given the de- baters, such as has been accorded the par- ticipants in other intercoilegiate contests. A SAN JOSE PHYSICIANS ANGRY. Resolve to Fight the Secret Societies’ Custom of Employing Doctors at a Per Capita Fee. SAN JOSE, CaL., Dec. 18.—The Santa Clara County Medical Society has decided to fight the custom of the secret societies of engaging physicians to attend the members of their organizations at a per capita per annum. At a meeting of the society a month ago the members agreed to discontinue such practice. Thisaroused the ire of several societies, and a move- ment was started in the Sons of St. George and the Ancient Order of Koresters to im- port a physician and give him the busi- ness of the societies and their members. ! A physician was secured, and several of the societies appointed him medical ex- aminer. At a meeting of the Medical Society last night about sixty members from all parts of the counfy were present. The matter was discussed at length, and the resolution pledging their “word of honor not to extend any professional courtesy to or have any professional relation whatsoever, be it in consultation or otherwise, with physicians or surgeons who shall violate the pledge taken, or physicians or surgeons who locate in this county and who, in the face of the opposition of the medical profession of this county, adopt a course of conduct contrary to the spirit and intent of said resolutions, or physicians or surgeons who will consult or have other professional in- tercourse with the above-mentioned prac- titioners,” was unanimously passed. ol e Sues for a Divorece. SAN JOSE, CaL., Dec. 18.—Elizabeth P. Peck to-day began suit against Russell Peck for a divorce on the eround of fail- ure to provide. They were married in Chicago two years ago. The defendant is over 70 years of age, and this is his fourth wife. A short time ago Peck left his wife and ordered all sources of supplies stopped. He is werth considerable money, put & short time ago he deeded itall to his children. She wants the homestead on Bird avenue set apart for her, together with alimony and a division of the property. lelttaind Death at Almaden. SAN JOSE, CaL., Dec. 18.—Francis Ben- nett, an old resident of this county, died at New Aimaden this morning. He was a native of Cornwall, Eng., and 51 years of age. He had been engaged in the mines at Almaden for thirty years. Four chil- dren survive him. Suicide at Santa Cruz, SANTA CRUZ, Cawn, Dec. 18.—Robert Fulton Ford, one of the oldest residents of Santa Cruz County, committed suicide by taking laudanum in the willows above the upper bridge near Blaine street to-day. About twenty vears ago he conducted the old Cottage saloon, a well-known resori for the rounders, who gave him the sobri- quet “‘Sweet Cider.” He later resided at ‘Watsonville and Soquel. The cause of the suicide was the service of a citation upon him to appear in court to give an accounting of his estate, which has been for some time in litigation. Grief overthe loss of his wife also had much to do with the tragedy. He was 74 years old. T i Santa Cruz Hotel Reopened. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, Dec. 18.—A deci- sion bas been arrived at with reference to the occupancy of the Pacific Ocean House, which has been closed for two weeks since J. R. Chace's failure. The new lessees are Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Pixley, now the pro- rietors of the Pixley House in this city. gne Pixleys are well known to all visitors to Santa Crnz, and under their manage- ment it is believed the Ocean House will again see the palmy days of the Bromleys and Peakes regime. Purchase a Washington Mine. SEATTLE, Wasn., Dec. 18. — Dennis Ryan, a St. Paul capitalist, and his as- sociates bave just concluded the purchase for $250,000 of the controliing interest in the Bonanza Queen mine owned by Bender, Sutheriand and Rockwood, in the Silverton district. The ore cousists prin- cipally of copper, carrying also some silver and gold. Dyowned at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., Dec. 18.—Johnnie Lyons, a 10-year-old bay, was playing with a younger companion on the bank of the San Lorenzo River this afternoon, when he slipped and fell into the water. The boy dristed out into the stream. The little chap with him ran for assistance, but when it arrived young Lyons was drowned. —_——— 2he Monterey at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ. Cav. Dec. 18.— The Monterey entered Santa Cruz Bay at 9 o’clock last evening and is still here. It has had no communication with the shore owing to the heavy sea. [ SPENCER'S HEIRS STRIVE N COURT Children of the Capitalist Accuse the Widow of Fraud. Allege That She Married Him to Gain Possession of His Property. Sensational Charges Made in a Suit Brought to Reccver the Estate. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Dec. 18.—The hearing of the remarkable suit of Isabel Spencer against Mrs. Anna P. Spencer to set aside deeds to a large amount of real estate in this county was begun here to- day. The defendant is the relict of Am- brose H. Spencer, whose peculiar and tragic death occurred about eighteen months ago. The old gentleman was found dead in his bed one morning and it was believed that he had been murdered, but it was at last decided that he had taken an overdose of morphine, probably with suicidal intent. He had large prop- erty interests, and it developea that ail the estate, consisting of real and personal properiy, had been deeded to Mrs. Spencer during the lifetime of her aged husband. Spencer was survived by two children by aformer wife, Eva J. Spencer and James G. Spencer. They were not satisfied with the disposition of the $100,000 worth of property and assigned their interests to the plaintiff in the pending action, Isabel Spencer, who began the suit which is now up for trial. The allegations are of a sensational na- ture. Itisclaimed by the plaintiff that the widow Spencer, prior to Ler marriage with Dr. Spercer, conceived a plan to de- prive him of his property, and being a woman of great strength of mind and de- termination she carried her plan into exe- cution. It isfurther alleged that he was of a 1imid disposition and was as wax in the hands of his wife. It is averred that she encouragea him in the use of mor- phine until ne became addicted to the habit, and finally was completely subject to her control, and that while thus in- capable of independent volition he was induced by her to execute deeds to his holdings and turn over to her all his per- sonal property. Reference is made in the complaints to the tragic death of Ambrose Svencer and to Mrs. Spencer’s connection with the di- vorce suit becween Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Newton, in which she was accused of having been the cause of their troubles. This portion of the pleadings has hereto- fore been stricken out by the court. The_ allegations are all denied by the defendant, who claims that the property was a2quired by her late husband through the use of her own means, and that its being deeded to her was the strictest jus- tice. Allegations are made that thede- ceased had given his children large sums of money at various times. She denies that sne encouraged Mr. Spencer in the use of morphine and states that she re- monstrated with him at times regarding the habit. Ail charges of undue influence are also denied. e OPEN TO BOTANISTS. Students Need Pay No Tolls on the Santa Monica Foresiry Station. LOS ANGELES, Carn., Dec. 18.—The City Council is in receipt of an official communication, setting forth that at a meeting of the regents of the State Uni- versity, held on December 8, resolutions were adopted which insist that the for- estry station at Santa Monica has always been open and always will be for any re- sponsible boianists to pursue their studies without paying tolls. The Democratic County Convention in October adopted a resolution for an open station, which was passed without any apparent knowledge of the facts. The Chamber of Commerce in August last also adopted a similar reso- lution. The university regents deny em- phatically the imputations made against the management of the station, and appear to blame Abbott Kinney of this city for the trouble which has been raised in the matter. The rezents say in their com- munication that any specific charges of in- sincerity or other dereliction by any of the employes of the station should be re- ferred to them for official ratification. e BOY THIEVES ARRESTED. Quantity of Stolen Articl Their Rendczrou LOS ANGELES, Can, Dec. 18.—The police to-day broke up a gang of boy thieves. Thev were caught in the Sisters’ building on Macey straet, whers they haa rendezvoused for months. There are six of the lads, ranging from 15 to 20 years of age. All have parents living in this city. The thieves are Willie Henderson, Ed Young, Thomas Lloyd, Walter Rivas, Charles Owens and James Aller. In their rendezvous there were found towels, women’s underclothing, stockings, cor- sets, men’s clothing, hose, tools, two wagon-loads of vegetaoles and a great lot of tools. Found in EEe Editor Janes in Trouble, LOS ANGELES, CAL., Dec. 18.—Captain NEW TO-DAY. rophy the - new, im- proved, per- fected baking powd_er——fdr lovers of pure food. [ Tillmann & Bendel, Mfré, J. T. Janes, editor of 2 non-partisan weekly newspaper, was arrested to-night on a warrant of indictment by the Fed- ergl Grand Jury. Janes is charged with violating the postal laws in sending an obscene publication through the mails, He has been fined before for the same offense. This time Janes used alleged ob- scene language in his paper in reference so_t'lhn Parkhurst Society slumming expe- ition. e MERCED JUKULS ERRED, Orime Committed by a Burglar Whom They Had Acquitted. MERCED, CaL., Dec. 18.—Charles John- son is agaip in jail, charged with burelary. He was brought up from Los Banos on a similar charge and tried before Judge Law last Saturday. A local lawyer became convinced of hisinnocenceard voluntarily defended him, but Johnson was not satis- fied with the way things were going and made a long speech to the jury on his flm' account. The jury promptly acquitted hind, _That night Johnson entered Mrs. Napier’s lodging-house and carried off a suit of clothes, an overcoat and a hat, When the loss was discovered the officials were notified and gave chase, but Johnson had the start of them. Sheriff Warfieid has been advised tnat he was capturel yesterday in Tuolumne County. He will be brought back to Merced to stand trial. RRA P S Carson’s Firebug Arraigned. CARSON, Ng De2c. 18.—Walter Kee- men, the 17-year-old firebug, who was recently arrested in the act of setting fire to the public school building, to-day bad his preliminary examination in the Jus tice Court and was bound over to await the action of the Grand Jury, with bonds at §5000. His counsel offered no defense, stating that they would wait until the case came before a higher court. The defense will be based oa an 1nsanity plea. oES g Wanted in Oregon. SACRAMENTO, Car., Dec. 18.—Gover- nor Budd to-day issued a warrant for Charles Yocum, upon a requisition from the Governor of Oregon. Yocum is wanted in Douglass County, Or., for larceny. He is now in custody at San Jose. NEW TO-DAY. NOT AN HOUR If you want to save 40 per cent on a suit or overcoat. Our Great Cleaing Sale of uncalled=for made=to= order clothing at 60 cents on the dollar ENDS TO-NIGHT AT 10:30. A few $10 Suits and Overcoats left for $6. A few $12 Suits and Overcoats left for $7.20. A few $15 Suits and Overcoats left for $o. A few $20 Suits and Overcoats left for $12. All good things must come to an end. This is the last day when you can buy a dollar’s worth of clothing for 60 cents. Come early. CoLumpian Wooren MiiLs (S. N. WOOD & CO.), 541 Market Street, OPEN TO-NIGHT TILL 10:30. DIRECTLY OPPOSITE SANSOME. THE SUNDAY CALL. o of the Pacific Coast FOUNDATION STONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S GREATNESS. Of Deep Interest to Every Citizen of this Metropolis. STRANGEST CRUSADE OF MODERN TIMES. IS A RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION COMING? A GIRL'S THRILLING SOMNAMBULISTIC FREAKS, SOMETHING NEW i.N JAFTER-DINNER ENTERTAIN- MENT, DEVISED BY A PROMINENT ATTORMNEY. CHRISTMAS SKREFCHES. “THE CALL” SPEAKS FOR ALL